100 people, four countries, three languages - Highlights from the K&K Summit
First published on: 10th September 2025What if you could gather more than 100 people in five venues across four countries 11,000km apart?
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What if you could gather more than 100 people in five venues across four countries 11,000km apart?
The Revd Polly Falconer reflects on the Kimberley and Kuruman Summit and what it means to be human in today's world.
Join an inspiring four-day online gathering this September, rooted in prayer, action, and shared learning between the dioceses of Kimberley & Kuruman and Oxford.
In June, a group from the Akeman Benefice and Bicester and Islip Deanery enjoyed a six-day visit to the parish of Mönsterås with Fliseryd in our Swedish link diocese of Växjö.
For Kaid Henry and Helen Schneider, who were part of a youth exchange between the Diocese of Oxford and the Diocese of Kimberley and Kuruman last year, attending the day conference Seeking the Kingdom alongside our global partners event in Reading required a journey … in Helen’s case all the way from Birmingham.
Speakers from all of our link dioceses will be coming together next week for the Partners in World Mission conference.
We enjoyed welcoming Thomas Wärfman (Dean of Växjö Cathedral) and Mattias Östborg (Chair of the Växjö-Oxford Link Committee) to Oxford to celebrate our diocesan link with Växjö, which has been in place since 2003.
A bible reading in Patois from the Diocese of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands.
Revd Martha, the Link Chairperson in Kimberley and Kuruman, and her husband Revd Canon Simon Seteso share their favourite hymn in Setswana.
Our friends at the Diocese of Växjö share their favourite traditions for Christmas time.